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Press freedom in Turkey continues to deteriorate amid arrests and prosecutions of journalists
Published at
31.03.2025
Country
Turkey
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- office raid
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- prevention of protest
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- journalist detained
Leading presidential candidate detained after announcing bid; Subsequent protests brutally repressed
Published at
02.05.2025
Country
Turkey
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- sexual assault
- minority groups
- intimidation
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- labour rights
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Protesters mark 100 days since İmamoğlu’s arrest; Istanbul Pride and Trans Pride violently repressed
Published at
02.07.2025
Country
Turkey
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- office raid
- women
- youth
- intimidation
- labour rights
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Journalists verbally intimidated by top officials; threats against lawmakers; nationwide strike by health workers and teachers
Published at
16.11.2024
Country
Costa Rica
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- intimidation
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification
- HRD threatened
Corruption allegations against government worsen; anti-immigrant unrest; Supreme Court upholds amnesty for Catalan separatists
Published at
01.08.2025
Country
Spain
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- refugees and migrants
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest
- private sector
Former parliamentarians and Bedoon rights defender targeted, migrant workers at risk of abuse
Published at
27.08.2025
Country
Kuwait
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- refugees and migrants
- minority groups
- transnational repression
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- political interference
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
Court holds farmers’ association liable for protest blockade
Published at
02.09.2025
Country
Belize
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest
HRDs attacked and detained while monitoring protests; Clashes and detentions during nationwide protests
Published at
08.02.2025
Country
Ecuador
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- public vilification
- killing of journalist
- access to info. law
- positive court ruling
- women
- indigenous groups
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- internet restriction
- violent protest
- political interference
- HRD threatened
- environmental rights
- land rights
- youth
Bangladesh: Concerns around new ordinances, opposition ban and arrests and lack of police reform
Published at
09.09.2025
Country
Bangladesh
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- labour rights
- killing of journalist
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
Snap election sees support double for the far-right; Continued crackdown on Palestine solidarity, protesters and NGOs under pressure
Published at
01.03.2025
Country
Germany
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- protest disruption
- office raid
- intimidation
- excessive force
- public vilification
- prevention of protest
- censorship
- access to info. law
- positive court ruling
- women
- refugees and migrants
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest
- political interference
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
- youth
Maracaná Mayor targeted after mass eviction and protest highlights tensions over land rights
Published at
14.07.2025
Country
Paraguay
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- censorship
- land rights
New “shameful” restrictions on asylum introduced; Government said to plan crackdown on refugee aid NGOs
Published at
11.09.2025
Country
Greece
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- labour rights
- excessive force
- protest
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
U.S. funding freeze impacts Moldovan civil society; energy crisis in Transnistria sparks protests
Published at
25.02.2025
Country
Moldova
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
Yerevan mayor announces lawsuit against investigative outlet
Published at
29.01.2025
Country
Armenia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- political interference
- labour rights
- protest
- intimidation
Environmental defenders face criminalisation amid mining conflict in Las Naves; Journalist killed in Quinindé
Published at
01.04.2025
Country
Ecuador
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- women
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- protest
- killing of journalist
- HRD acquitted
- access to info. law
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Ordenan la detención del alcalde de Maracaná tras un desalojo masivo; una protesta pone de manifiesto las tensiones por el derecho a la tierra
Published at
21.07.2025
Country
Paraguay
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- censorship
- land rights
Constitutional Court judges vilified; Civil society curbed by new laws; Excessive force and criminalisation of EHRDs in Las Naves
Published at
22.09.2025
Country
Ecuador
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification
- internet restriction
- extractive industries
- political interference
- restrictive law
- censorship
Legal restrictions and ongoing targeting of pro-Palestine groups threaten freedom of assembly
Published at
06.01.2025
Country
Canada
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- minority groups
- intimidation
- transnational repression
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- labour rights
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- access to info. law
- environmental rights
Supreme Court of British Columbia finds police violated rights of Wet’suwet’en land defenders
Published at
11.04.2025
Country
Canada
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- funding restriction
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- labour rights
- protest
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- access to info. law
- HRD prosecuted
Bahamas: Supreme Court’s injunctions halt strikes
Published at
01.04.2025
Country
Bahamas
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest